Hmm...I'm fairly sure I did this kind of thing before on here
Ah well...

1) I'm very tall - 6 foot 3 inches, though I my have pushed 6 foot 4 since I last measured.

2) I have an extremely long tongue. I can't quite lick my elbow, but my nose is no problem. And neither is your mum.

3) I am a Winter Man like Rob, my comfortable temperature is a good 10 degrees C lower than most people I know.

4) Conversely, in summer I am absolutely fucked, I despise hot weather with every fiber of my being.

5) My real name means Red King, and as far as I know, my name/surname combination is absolutely unique in the world. If it's not...it soon will be, for there can be only one.

6) As you may have guessed in my avatar, space is my deep obsession. I have often been described as having my head in the clouds - I prefer thinking it as being in deep space.

7) I'm pretty much bisexual, though I have little interest in an actual relationship with men. You have to be a pretty feminine guy to turn my head, I have quite a niche 'taste', as it were.

8) I am currently building a sci-fi universe, and writing a trilogy set there. I'm collaborating with my best friend as our ideas click together extremely well.

9) My favourite music is by Two Steps From Hell. Musically speaking I'm pretty much clueless, but they're my boys.

10) I can do excellent impressions of Emperor Palpatine, Gandalf and Smeagol. I'm working on perfecting a few others.

(September 15, 2015 at 7:13 pm)MTL Wrote:

(September 15, 2015 at 6:54 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: 6.  Of the six best friends I had growing up, two have been murdered.

That's so terrible.  I'm so sorry, Boru.

That's the last time them two "friends" will break his nose! Amirite Boru?

For all you people who are having trouble sleeping...

1 - Have only ever read 1 novel - the Hobbit - I hate reading, my lips get tired.
2 - have serious issues with spiders
3 - am obsessed with cats! (Hachi is sleeping on my lap as I type this)
4 - Have always been "Jim" which is my middle name - First name = Dionysius
5 - Have 2 older sisters, Aphro and Nikki.
6 - Have spoken one on one with R J Dio and John Lord (2 hours) (d.purple). Went backstage to meet Queen only months before Freddy passed.
7 - Am obsessed with 1971 Ford Mustang fastbacks. (The red one Sean Connery drove in Diamonds are forever).
8 - Took a lamb to school on a leash for "show and tell".
9 - Wife's dad played successful footy (AFL)... Have pages of stamps of him (memorabilia)
10 - Wrote another person's car off when I was reversing! hehe

Bonus fact! Can never watch anything twice. eg: movies, tv series, etc

Some great eye-openers in this thread and I'm sure it will keep the conversation interesting at the eventual UK meet-up! Here's mine:

1. I was a choir boy and sang alto/soprano
2. my legs are almost completely hairless
3. Tom Baker (4th Doctor Who) is my second cousin. I've never met him.
4. More of my beard grows on my neck than on my face
5. I used to rap
6. I've died 3 times in my life so-far but never through misadventure
7. I can climb really well but only when I'm very drunk
8. My name means 'The Blessed One'
9. I have real trouble hating anyone
10. My sisters & I all have the same face

(September 16, 2015 at 9:51 am)Ben Davis Wrote: 3. Tom Baker (4th Doctor Who) is my second cousin. I've never met him.

That's so cool. I remember someone on here saying he was a real ladies man.

(September 15, 2015 at 12:01 pm)Exian Wrote: 1. I actually can lick my elbow.

I just tried to lick my elbow...

You have to have really short arms, and a really long tongue lol.

(September 16, 2015 at 9:51 am)Ben Davis Wrote: Some great eye-openers in this thread and I'm sure it will keep the conversation interesting at the eventual UK meet-up! Here's mine:

2. my legs are almost completely hairless

3. Tom Baker (4th Doctor Who) is my second cousin. I've never met him.

9. I have real trouble hating anyone

10. My sisters & I all have the same face

2.  Did you read my Brazilian Wax story?  I hate you.

3.  NO WAY!!!  YOU'RE RELATED TO THE DOCTOR!!! (Tardis Blue)

(My Doctor is Matt Smith,
but Tom Baker has a special place in my heart, as the "first Doctor" that I ever remember seeing on TV;
and also because my Dad introduced me to Doctor Who and Tom Baker was "my Dad's Doctor").

9.  I don't.  (See Number 2).

10. that's so fascinating to me, seeing the exact same face on all members of a family.
It makes me wonder which of your ancestors had that face, first
(or which two ancestors, combined, resulted in the creation of that face).
Obviously it's a dominant gene.

(September 16, 2015 at 8:40 am)ignoramus Wrote: 3 - am obsessed with cats! (Hachi is sleeping on my lap as I type this)

Hachi?

Is that after the movie about the Akita dog, in Japan?

I wept buckets when I watched that movie.

Buckets.

Ten facts:

1. I was an all-state Track/Cross-Country runner running 5K in 15:42, mile in 4:19, 2 mile in 9:17
2. I received a full academic scholarship to University of Michigan
3. I have swam with Dolphins, stingrays and sharks
4. I didn't become a Christian until I was 18
5. I have been to all of the continental states
6. I own 3 dogs, 2 cats, and 2 horses
7. I grew up in a very abusive (physical/sexual) home
8. My mother died when I was 8 (she was 27)
9. I like "chick flicks"
10. My bucket list features "take a Lord of the Rings Tour in New Zealand" http://www.newzealand.com/us/lord-of-the-rings/

Bonus: I've bowled a 300 game 4 times (one sanctioned)